The Senate Passed A Shameful, Bloated War Budget-- And Most Democrats Voted For It-- Not Bernie
Yesterday, the Senate passed it’s version of the war budget 86-11. Among the 11 votes against it were Bernie, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 4
- 8 min
War Budget Is Here-- Will Ro Khanna Be The Only One To Stand Up To The Military Industrial Complex?
Happy 4th of July. Allow me to begin the day with a poem by a German who sought refuge from Hitler in our country, the great Bertold...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 11, 2022
- 5 min
No Matter How Many Billions Get Added To The Pentagon Budget, It's Never Enough
It couldn't have surprised anyone that on Monday the the Wall Street Journal was demanding that the U.S. radically increase the Pentagon...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
The Senate, Designed As An Anti-Democratic Institution Should Be An Honorific Debate Club
High Drug Prices Bloated War Budget Biden nominated Dr. Robert Califf as the head of the FDA. Califf, a total shill for Big PhRMA, was...
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Howie Klein
- Dec 8, 2021
- 5 min
The Disgraceful Pentagon Budget Passed Last Night-- Only 51 Dems Voted Against It
As expected, it passed the House late last night, 363-70, but maybe Pelosi and Hoyer don't want voters to be able to find how members...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 30, 2021
- 6 min
Good News! The War Department's Bloated, Wasteful Budget Failed Yesterday
Progressive senators Bernie, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Ed Markey and Ron Wyden were followed by every Republican but Susan Collins....
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Howie Klein
- Nov 7, 2021
- 9 min
After Afghanistan-- A Peace Dividend? You Must Be Joking
Who's To Blame? The U.S. finally withdrew from Afghanistan, the smoothest and most successful withdrawal from that country since... I...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 1, 2021
- 9 min
War-Mongering Against China Is A Big Thing Now
I have to admit I don't know an awful lot about academics Michael Beckley (Tufts) and Hal Brands (John Hopkins), but I do know that...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 14, 2021
- 4 min
It Takes Decency, Courage & Determination For Justice To Triumph-- Just Ask Lucas Kunce
I saw the Quentin Tarantino film, Django Unchained, a decade ago but I watched it again last night. What a movie! Jamie Foxx was...
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Howie Klein
- Sep 11, 2021
- 7 min
A Better Way To Think About The 9/11 Anniversary
The Democratic controlled Congress-- like Republican controlled Congresses-- keeps increasing a war budget that needs to be slashed....
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Howie Klein
- Sep 5, 2021
- 7 min
House Conservatives Spend Like Drunken Sailors-- When It Comes To War Machine
Congress is on recess but Big Money isn't. The Military-Industrial-Complex (M-I-C) called a meeting of the House Armed Services Committee...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 29, 2021
- 5 min
Taliban 2.0-- No One Knows What To Expect-- But Forget About Lady Gaga Or Beyoncé Concerts
A little over 50 years ago, I spent a brutal winter in a tiny hamlet-- two families in two compounds-- in the Hindu Kush in northwest...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 27, 2021
- 9 min
Military Industrial Complex & Affiliates In The Media & Congress Insist On Reigniting Afghan War
The best thing Biden did since becoming president was something Bush, Obama and Trump were unable-- and unwilling-- to do because of...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 24, 2021
- 6 min
Wars Always Have Profiteers-- That's Why We Have Wars
An all too typical Military Industrial Complex contractor, Supreme Foodservice owned by crooks in the UAE and Switzerland, pleaded guilty...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 18, 2021
- 5 min
Peace Dividend? Or More Billions Transferred To The Military Industrial Complex?
Reporting for Roll Call yesterday, Andrew Clevenger wrote that it isn't expected on Capitol Hill that the disastrous collapse in...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 17, 2021
- 3 min
Blue America-Endorsed Candidates ALL Oppose Perpetual Wars
I want to share the perspectives on Afghanistan by two Blue America-endorsed candidates-- one for Senate and one for House-- who have had...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 24, 2020
- 7 min
You Made A Deal With Lucifer-- Sorry, But You Gotta Pay Now... A Music Post-- About Biden's Cabinet
Many of us made our deal with the devil-- not without impeccable reason-- but now want to change the deal. It doesn't work that way. I...
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